Defeat natural disasters with farming

In the next few days, Ye's father released the news of the remaining ten acres of land for rent, because their family's labor force is only a few people, and it is a bit difficult to take care of their own land, let alone cultivate another ten acres of land.

If it weren't for the fact that the old couple were really worried, Father Ye even wanted to rent out part of his own land, so that the family could do less work.

After the news got out, people soon came to the door wanting to rent land. In just two or three days, all ten acres of land were rented out.

Father Ye has inquired carefully about every tenant, and made sure that there is no such thing as arrears of rent among them. The three households are all honest farmers.

Ever since the village knew that the Ye family had bought [-] mu of land, many people envied them, but there was no hatred. Many people invited matchmakers to the Ye family to propose marriage. Most of them were for Ye Hai, and of course there were also The man took a fancy to Peach Blossom and wanted to tell his children about it.

Mrs. Ye and Sister-in-law Ye only had one thing to say to the matchmaker who came to the door, that is, the child is still young, so there is no rush to say goodbye.

Most people expressed their understanding after hearing this, but only a few were still chattering, among them was Mrs. Ye's natal family, her eldest brother and sister-in-law's family.

"I don't need to say more about my sister Fen. You can find out if you go to the village to find out. She is very hardworking and capable. Although she is three years older than Brother Hai, as the saying goes, The third year of the female junior embraces the golden brick, and the two still kiss each other, isn't this an excellent marriage?"

Mrs. Ye's real surname is Zhao, and it was her sister-in-law who said this.

Aunt Zhao grabbed her daughter's arm and pulled her to her side, "Say hello to your aunt."

Zhao Fen lowered her head and whispered, "Hello, Auntie."

Sister-in-law Ye is really helpless, she is about to talk dry, Geer Hai is not in a hurry to get married now, but her sister-in-law always pretends not to hear.

"Sister-in-law, let me tell you straight, I can't decide Hai Ge'er's marriage, I have to ask his grandma to nod."

Aunt Zhao was dissatisfied when she heard the words: "You are his own mother, why did you leave the marriage of Brother Hai to his grandma? If Sister Fen married, wouldn't you have a helper in the Ye family? Wait for the young couple After giving birth to a child, you will be the master of the Ye family sooner or later!"

Hearing this, Tao Hua, who was listening, couldn't help but roll her eyes secretly.

But no matter what Aunt Zhao said, Aunt Ye would not let go. In the end, Aunt Zhao also said that she was tired. She turned her eyes and stared at Taohua again and said, "Since you can't make decisions about Hai Geer's marriage, let's go to Taohua's head office. Your second nephew is about the same age as her, so it's a great thing to marry Taohua here and I will be her aunt and mother-in-law."

Before Mrs. Ye could speak, Boss Ye retorted seriously: "The two of them are not compatible in any way, so don't mention it in the future."

Uncle Zhao has four children under his knees, two boys and two girls. The eldest son was brought up by his grandma when he was born, so he is not close to the couple. He has already married a wife and had children; the younger son grew up beside them. Yes, he was spoiled badly since he was a child, and he is a well-known gangster who plays with cats and dogs all day long.

Aunt Zhao dared to challenge her sister-in-law, but she didn't dare to quarrel with her husband, so she had to keep her mouth shut.

After all, they are relatives in the family, so it is normal to leave a meal. However, the Ye family does not want to cook too much, so there is only one meat dish on the table at lunch, and the rest are vegetarian.

"Why do you eat these at noon? There is no meat at all, and you can't eat something good after buying all the land."

Aunt Zhao turned over several dishes with chopsticks, Ye Yu felt full when she saw her movements.

He put down the chopsticks in his hand, and ate half a steamed bun after a meal.

Aunt Zhao was picky and picky, but her hands were very honest. She only stretched her chopsticks on the minced meat tofu, and basically ate up the whole dish, as if the plate had been washed.

After eating, Ye Yu got off the table and went back to the room. He wanted to eat a few pieces of snacks to pad his stomach, but just as he took out the oil-paper bag, he saw Mother Ye coming in quietly with a bowl.

"Don't eat snacks, come on, your grandma specially warmed up a sticky bean bun for you, sprinkled with sugar and bean flour, eat it while it's hot, and have a good meal later in the evening."

The taste of sweet, soft and glutinous bean buns is much better than dim sum that has been left for a long time. Ye Yu was so hot that he gasped while eating. At the end of the meal, he licked the corners of his mouth and ate the bean powder that was on it.

"Drink some water slowly." Mother Ye handed over the teacup, the water in it had been half-cooled, and it was just right for her to drink.

"What do you want to eat tonight? Do you still have noodle soup?"

Ye Yu thought for a while, and suggested, "Why don't you eat noodles, just noodles in clear soup."

Mother Ye put away the bowl and was about to leave, when she heard his words, she responded.

"Then you stay in the room obediently for a while, and if you are bored, go to the side to play with Brother He and the others."

Aunt Zhao is really a strange woman. When she saw Ye Yu, she gave a lecture, saying that the reason for his poor health was that he didn't work. If he worked every day, he might be sick all the time.

This remark made Father Ye angry for a while, but she still spoke plausibly, and used a lame person in their village as an example, so angry that Old Madam Ye almost threw herself into her waist and cursed.

So Ye Mu simply refused to let Ye Yu go out.

Ye Yu didn't want to go out either. It was more meaningful for him to read two pages of the book than to listen to Aunt Zhao.

The current characters are not too complicated, and they are similar to simplified characters. He basically knows the characters in several enlightenment books.

Just when Ye Yu took the "Three Character Classic" and turned to the place where she read it last time to continue reading, Aunt Zhao finally couldn't wait and was about to leave. Before she left, she specially wrapped the snacks on the table and put them in the basket. None left.

After going out, she pulled Aunt Ye to hide aside, and said in a low voice, "Think about Sister Fen again, it would be great for her to marry, just come here like this, I can see that the in-laws are partial to the younger son and the grandson , if you marry Sister Fen, she will definitely be on your side."

Mrs. Ye forcibly pulled her arm out of her hand, turned around and left without saying a word.

Aunt Zhao slapped her thigh and yelled several times but she didn't turn her head, so she could only curse: "Who is this, don't I think of her?"

When she walked out, she lost her temper at Zhao Fen again, "I told you to try to be nice to your aunt before, but you didn't care at all."

Zhao Fen listened to her reprimand with her head down, she knew that she would stop only when she made her mother scold her to the fullest.

On the other hand, Mrs. Ye went home angrily, and drank a glass of water before suppressing her anger, "My sister-in-law is really getting worse and worse."

After hearing her words, Mrs. Ye sighed, "Fortunately, your eldest nephew was raised by his parents-in-law, and he is a responsible person."

Ever since the old couple of the Zhao family knew the virtues of their son and daughter-in-law, they brought their grandson over to raise them, and at least they didn't let him be raised in a wrong way.

Mrs. Ye finally calmed down a little when she thought of her sincere and honest nephew. Seeing Mrs. Ye plucking chicken feathers, she rolled up her sleeves and asked, "Mom, what are you going to do?"

"Brother Bao wants to eat noodles at night. It happens that the rooster at home doesn't grow meat anymore. It's good to kill the stew. Let's have chicken noodle soup at night."

Mrs. Ye handed over the work to Mrs. Ye, stood up and beat her waist, and said, "I'll go to the cellar to get a winter melon."

Winter melon is delicious no matter whether it is soup or stir-fry, and it can be stored in the cellar for three or four months.

Mrs. Ye walked to the cellar door with a vegetable basket on her shoulders, propped up the cellar door with wooden sticks, and climbed down the ladder after waiting for the air to circulate inside. The cabbage and radishes flew across one by one, and finally stopped on the green winter melon.

There are more than a dozen square and round winter melons, and the skin is covered with a faint hoarfrost.

She picked a medium-sized wax gourd and put it in the basket. After thinking about it, she took another cabbage and two carrots before leaving.

At this time, Mrs. Ye had already chopped the chicken, and Mrs. Ye and Mother Ye were boiling water and kneading noodles in the kitchen.

Put the blanched chicken into the pot and boil it. Put the sliced ​​wax gourd carrots and dried mushrooms in the pot in turn, and then you can put the noodles in it. Put the cabbage in and scald it before it comes out of the pot. , you only need to sprinkle a little salt, and a pot of fragrant and delicious chicken noodle soup is ready.

The noodles are not fine white flour, but wheat flour that is ground together with belt grains. The color is earthy and has a very strong aroma of wheat.

Each person had a big bowl of noodles, and everyone had no time to talk, and everyone ate until their foreheads were covered with sweat.

There was an extra egg in the bowls of the children. Ye Yu picked up a noodle as thick as a little finger and put it in his mouth. The whole wheat noodle tasted firm, not easy to break and sticky.

The taste of winter melon itself is mediocre, but as long as it is boiled in the soup for a while, it will absorb the deliciousness of the chicken soup. After a few chews in the mouth, it will turn into a warm current flowing from the throat into the stomach.

The taste of carrots is hard, and it is very greasy.

If it is not enough to eat, there are still several steamed buns in the food basket, break them up and soak them in the soup, and it will be another bowl of delicious chicken soup.

Ye Yu swallowed the wax gourd cherishingly, sighing in his heart, it is really difficult to turn extravagance into frugality. Before this year, they ate big porridge and steamed buns every day and no one complained, but their appetite has been spoiled in just a few months .

At the end of Ye Yu's meal, there was one egg left in the bowl. After thinking about it, he split it in half with chopsticks and put it into his parents' bowl.

"Father, I am full."

When Father Ye heard what he said, he ate the eggs in two or three bites.

After he swallowed the egg, he said, "I'll take Brother Bao to the county town to see Dr. Wu for a follow-up visit tomorrow."

Mrs. Ye nodded, "It just so happens that the shop should be cleaned, and it will officially open on the eighth day of the lunar new year."

Speaking of this, she added, "You three brothers go together, one person cleans faster than three people."

"to make."

They finalized tomorrow's matter in just a few words.

The next morning, when the sun came out and the temperature rose slightly, the Ye family brothers took Ye Yu to set off.

Ye Yu didn't walk by himself at all along the way, and was always lying on Father Ye's back, and was carried all the way to the county seat by him.

Several people separated at the gate of the county seat. Ye Boss and Ye Lao Er took the keys to go to Ye's Lo-Mei first, while Ye Father led Ye Yu towards Huichun Hall.

Now the drug boys in Huichun Hall basically know their father and son, and when they see them enter the door, they smile and say hello, "Happy Chinese New Year."

Father Ye smiled and said, "Happy Chinese New Year, can Dr. Wu make a visit today?"

They were lucky. Dr. Wu happened to be out for a visit, and the drug boy pointed to the inside and said, "I won't take you there, it's still the original room."

After thanking Father Ye, he took Ye Yu's hand and walked to the front of the house, raised his hand and knocked on the door, and opened the door after hearing the words please come in.

Doctor Wu stopped when he saw their writing hands, "Come and sit down."

After Ye Yu sat down on the stool, he smiled and said, "You are lucky, Dr. Chen is also visiting today. He specifically asked me to tell him when Brother Bao comes for a follow-up visit."

After he finished speaking, he went out, and when he came back, Dr. Chen, who had a beard and gray hair, also came over.

When Dr. Chen saw Ye Yu, he laughed and teased him, "How does the preserved plum fruit that I gave you earlier taste like? Do you like it?"

Ye Yu nodded solemnly, "It's delicious, sweet and sour, very appetizing."

The package of preserved plums used red bayberry, which was even more delicious than many rock candy red bayberries in modern times. Ye Yu ate it intermittently for half a month, even if he only ate two pieces a day, he still ate them all.

"Since you like it, eat more. I still have a pack, and I'll bring it to you later."

Immediately afterwards, Dr. Chen put his hand on Ye Yu's wrist and began to check Ye Yu's pulse. He listened intently, then withdrew his hand and said with a smile, "That's right, it's much better than when I came last time."

He stood up very relieved and gave up his seat to Dr. Wu.

Doctor Wu also came to the same conclusion after taking the pulse, and the two discussed and prescribed a new prescription.

"Take this prescription for half a month. It is mainly for conditioning the body. If you have the conditions at home, you can make a cup of red dates and ginger tea every day before going to bed."

Jujube and ginger are very common, and most people can afford them.

Father Ye kept this in his heart, and went out to get the medicine with the prescription, while Ye Yu stayed behind, sitting obediently on the stool and waiting for someone.

After a while, Dr. Chen brought a porcelain jar, which was a bit like an enlarged version of a porcelain jar for pills. The mouth of the jar was firmly blocked, and a red ribbon was tied.

When it was placed on the table, Ye Yu realized that the size of the porcelain jar was about the size of an adult's palm.

"Plum fruit, you take it home and eat it."

If this can is sold, the price will not be cheap, and the price will even increase when you meet someone you like to eat.

Ye Yu wanted to decline, but Dr. Chen didn't give him a chance to speak, and directly stuffed the porcelain pot into his hand, and his hand sank due to the weight.

So when Father Ye came back with the packaged medicine package, he saw his son holding a tan porcelain jar at a loss.He looked at him with distressed eyes.

He knew what had happened at a glance, and he didn't refuse to accept it. He just gave some extra consultation fees when he left, both for Dr. Chen and Dr. Wu.

The two of them went to Ye's Lo Mei after coming out of Huichun Hall. At this moment, the door of the shop was wide open, and Ye Boss and Ye Lao Er were working in full swing, one with a broom and the other with a rag.

Father Ye placed Ye Yu in the house, and soon he joined the cleaning team.

Ye Yu was really bored, so he unplugged the porcelain jar, put a plum in his mouth, tasted it carefully for a while, and found that this jar was even more delicious than before, with a slightly sweeter taste.